Andy Gell
@andygell.bsky.social
#Yorkshire #birdwatching (especially raptors) and occasional #phonescoping with Opticron.
Art,Space and other stuff.
Proud Manxman 🇮🇲 living in God's own county.
Former RAF & airline pilot.
Location:
https://w3w.co/beyond.gigabytes.mayhem
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‘Consider it a spell, to encircle the wild peat of your heart.’
Brontës and Boggarts: @jennychambles.bsky.social sinks into @clareshawpoet.bsky.social and Anna Chilvers’ (eds), ‘The Book of Bogs’ (@littletollerbooks.bsky.social) www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/01/the-...
Brontës and Boggarts: @jennychambles.bsky.social sinks into @clareshawpoet.bsky.social and Anna Chilvers’ (eds), ‘The Book of Bogs’ (@littletollerbooks.bsky.social) www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/01/the-...
January 24, 2026 at 11:42 AM
‘Consider it a spell, to encircle the wild peat of your heart.’
Brontës and Boggarts: @jennychambles.bsky.social sinks into @clareshawpoet.bsky.social and Anna Chilvers’ (eds), ‘The Book of Bogs’ (@littletollerbooks.bsky.social) www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/01/the-...
Brontës and Boggarts: @jennychambles.bsky.social sinks into @clareshawpoet.bsky.social and Anna Chilvers’ (eds), ‘The Book of Bogs’ (@littletollerbooks.bsky.social) www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/01/the-...
H is for hawk 🎬 features a Goshawk ✅️.
Hamnet 🎬 features a
Harris Hawk*❌️
*They weren't brought to England until the 1960s never mind the 16th c.🤦🏻♂️
Apart from that it's a great film adaptation of a brilliant book.
Hamnet 🎬 features a
Harris Hawk*❌️
*They weren't brought to England until the 1960s never mind the 16th c.🤦🏻♂️
Apart from that it's a great film adaptation of a brilliant book.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
H is for hawk 🎬 features a Goshawk ✅️.
Hamnet 🎬 features a
Harris Hawk*❌️
*They weren't brought to England until the 1960s never mind the 16th c.🤦🏻♂️
Apart from that it's a great film adaptation of a brilliant book.
Hamnet 🎬 features a
Harris Hawk*❌️
*They weren't brought to England until the 1960s never mind the 16th c.🤦🏻♂️
Apart from that it's a great film adaptation of a brilliant book.
*Warning*: Expect to disappear down a Gyr Falcon rabbit hole after reading this. I did when I read it way back, loved it.
Would you like to read something about Greenland that isn't about geopolitics, but is instead about love, and grief, and gyrfalcon nests? Here's a story I wrote once for @thelonelycrowd.bsky.social. richarddsmyth.com/2021/10/01/s...
Short story: Hannah Rensenbrink’s Postcards From Qasigiannguit
A story first published in The Lonely Crowd.
richarddsmyth.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:28 PM
*Warning*: Expect to disappear down a Gyr Falcon rabbit hole after reading this. I did when I read it way back, loved it.
"predator control to save song birds" The Moorland Assoc clutching at straws.
This is what predator control means to some gamekeepers. #raptorpersecution
This is what predator control means to some gamekeepers. #raptorpersecution
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 AM
"predator control to save song birds" The Moorland Assoc clutching at straws.
This is what predator control means to some gamekeepers. #raptorpersecution
This is what predator control means to some gamekeepers. #raptorpersecution
Someone needs to get him off the stage at Davos.
donald duck is dancing in front of a red curtain in a cartoon .
ALT: donald duck is dancing in front of a red curtain in a cartoon .
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Someone needs to get him off the stage at Davos.
Reposted by Andy Gell
Reposted by Andy Gell
![Comic. [Two people floating with objects surrounding them.] PERSON with ponytail: You know, NASA and Roscosmos actually originally named it The *International Station*, but a translation issue led someone to accidentally transcribe the formatting.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidej2s3eadnt4h45yovvpwbl3znxpv5q3hfb3w5ojnu3humrmlxcy@jpeg)
January 20, 2026 at 9:03 PM
"Love the birds you're with"
One of my local birding sites and a similar approach to mine ie.birding not twitching.
#Yorkshirebirding #birds
@leedsbirder.bsky.social
@pontebirder.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
One of my local birding sites and a similar approach to mine ie.birding not twitching.
#Yorkshirebirding #birds
@leedsbirder.bsky.social
@pontebirder.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: I see 38 bird species in a day – but does it matter? | Richard Smyth
Swillington Ings, West Yorkshire: I’m counting, but not counting. The highlight, though, has to be those those gentleman thugs, the greater black-backed gulls
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:54 AM
"Love the birds you're with"
One of my local birding sites and a similar approach to mine ie.birding not twitching.
#Yorkshirebirding #birds
@leedsbirder.bsky.social
@pontebirder.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
One of my local birding sites and a similar approach to mine ie.birding not twitching.
#Yorkshirebirding #birds
@leedsbirder.bsky.social
@pontebirder.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
If you like trad #folk ,indie or world music and you haven't heard of or been to #celticconnections in #Glasgow you're missing out on a brilliant experience.
www.celticconnections.com
www.celticconnections.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:03 AM
If you like trad #folk ,indie or world music and you haven't heard of or been to #celticconnections in #Glasgow you're missing out on a brilliant experience.
www.celticconnections.com
www.celticconnections.com
"Without you, everything has a flatness. I feel as if I'm waiting for something all the time"
Charles Renne Mackintosh
Charles Renne Mackintosh
January 18, 2026 at 4:14 PM
"Without you, everything has a flatness. I feel as if I'm waiting for something all the time"
Charles Renne Mackintosh
Charles Renne Mackintosh
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3 upcoming free webinars on UK raptor persecution hosted by brilliant @friendsofthedales.bsky.social
27 Jan - DI Mark Harrison, NWCU
18 Feb - Indy Greene & Adrian Rowe, Hen Harrier Action
18 Mar - Dr Ruth Tingay, Raptor Persecution UK
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/18/t...
27 Jan - DI Mark Harrison, NWCU
18 Feb - Indy Greene & Adrian Rowe, Hen Harrier Action
18 Mar - Dr Ruth Tingay, Raptor Persecution UK
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/18/t...
Three free webinars about illegal raptor persecution hosted by Friends of the Dales ‘Eyes on the Skies’ campaign
Last year, charity Friends of the Dales launched a new campaign calling for an end to the criminal killing of birds of prey in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The Eyes on the Skies campaign, whi…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
January 18, 2026 at 12:47 PM
3 upcoming free webinars on UK raptor persecution hosted by brilliant @friendsofthedales.bsky.social
27 Jan - DI Mark Harrison, NWCU
18 Feb - Indy Greene & Adrian Rowe, Hen Harrier Action
18 Mar - Dr Ruth Tingay, Raptor Persecution UK
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/18/t...
27 Jan - DI Mark Harrison, NWCU
18 Feb - Indy Greene & Adrian Rowe, Hen Harrier Action
18 Mar - Dr Ruth Tingay, Raptor Persecution UK
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/18/t...
Finished reading "Gemini and Mercury remastered". The stunning photos and captions bring each mission to life.
Surprised by Gemini IV crew's limited understanding of orbital rendezvous techniques being counterintuitive. @andysaunders-1.bsky.social
#NASA #Space
Surprised by Gemini IV crew's limited understanding of orbital rendezvous techniques being counterintuitive. @andysaunders-1.bsky.social
#NASA #Space
January 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Finished reading "Gemini and Mercury remastered". The stunning photos and captions bring each mission to life.
Surprised by Gemini IV crew's limited understanding of orbital rendezvous techniques being counterintuitive. @andysaunders-1.bsky.social
#NASA #Space
Surprised by Gemini IV crew's limited understanding of orbital rendezvous techniques being counterintuitive. @andysaunders-1.bsky.social
#NASA #Space
Black-tailed Godwit thankful for the thawed out ground at St Aidan's. Juv m Marsh Harrier, flock of Curlews and a visible Cettis the other highlights.
#YorkshireBirding
#phonescoping #birds
#YorkshireBirding
#phonescoping #birds
January 15, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Black-tailed Godwit thankful for the thawed out ground at St Aidan's. Juv m Marsh Harrier, flock of Curlews and a visible Cettis the other highlights.
#YorkshireBirding
#phonescoping #birds
#YorkshireBirding
#phonescoping #birds
I've amended the map to allow for U-turns in the future. #Yorkshire
January 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I've amended the map to allow for U-turns in the future. #Yorkshire
January 14, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Painted my Eurasian Hobby clay sculpture. The Hobby is one of my favourite #raptors and they be back in the UK in about 4 months. Can't wait.
#BirdsinArt
#BirdsinArt
January 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Painted my Eurasian Hobby clay sculpture. The Hobby is one of my favourite #raptors and they be back in the UK in about 4 months. Can't wait.
#BirdsinArt
#BirdsinArt
Repost this with your home river.
January 13, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Repost this with your home river.
January 10, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I applied a cold cast bronze finish to my Eagle head. Pleased with the result, my first clay sculpture since primary school.
#raptors #BirdsinArt #eagle
#raptors #BirdsinArt #eagle
January 9, 2026 at 12:07 PM
I applied a cold cast bronze finish to my Eagle head. Pleased with the result, my first clay sculpture since primary school.
#raptors #BirdsinArt #eagle
#raptors #BirdsinArt #eagle
"Sir,I'll never need trigonometry or Pythagoras' Theorem once I leave school."
(something I never said myself😇)
Hanging art at the correct height for a new exhibition at Sunnybank Mills.
(something I never said myself😇)
Hanging art at the correct height for a new exhibition at Sunnybank Mills.
January 7, 2026 at 12:11 PM
"Sir,I'll never need trigonometry or Pythagoras' Theorem once I leave school."
(something I never said myself😇)
Hanging art at the correct height for a new exhibition at Sunnybank Mills.
(something I never said myself😇)
Hanging art at the correct height for a new exhibition at Sunnybank Mills.
Reposted by Andy Gell
🚨 ✨Save the date ~ The 8th Leeds Lit Fest is back ~ June 6th - 14th 2026 ✨🚨
Get it in your diary!
Get it in your diary!
January 4, 2026 at 10:18 AM
🚨 ✨Save the date ~ The 8th Leeds Lit Fest is back ~ June 6th - 14th 2026 ✨🚨
Get it in your diary!
Get it in your diary!